Combined shade and curtain holder



COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER /1 Homey ugl5, 1933- F. P. LINDSAY Er A1. 1,922,136

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTIN HOLDER Filed July 28, 1932 v 2 sheets-sheet 2 l f H S F v l Inventor f JQ Fz'mflsmy, U 5 h V lezz'zc jl Home y A cw Cal

'Patented Aug. `15, 1933 Y i UNITEDSTTES f rfiszaias n .l e coMBINEDsHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER Felix P. Lindsay and Alexander Chickasha, Okla.

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Application Julycs, 1932. serial No. 625,462

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined shade and curtain holders and has` for its primary object to i provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a

device of this character embodying a novel construction, combination and arrangementof `parts `through the medium of which said device may.

be mounted on the upperportion of an `upper `window sash `for vertical movement therewith.

be manufactured and installed at low cost. All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study yof the following specification, taken in connections with the` accompanyingdrawings wherein like characters vof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:- l i `Figure 1 is aiview in front elevation, showing a 'combined shade and curtain holder in accordance with the present invention mounted in positionV on a window sash.`

Figure 2 is a View in side elevation ofthe in# .vention Figure 3 isa detail view in Vertical section, taken substantially on the line`3---3` of. Figure 2. Figure 4 isla top plan view, showing one end `portion ofthe combined shade and curtain holder.

Figure 5` is a detail view in top plan of one 1 of the brackets.

Figure 6 isa detail View in elevation showing one end portionof the telescopic sections before the shade roller and curtainsupporting elements are bent outwardly therefrom.

`Referring now tothe drawings in` detail, it will ,150 pair of upwardly inclined metallic brackets l of skeleton form havingv right angularly extending, apertured flanges 2 Von their innerends providing means for mounting the brackets on the upper rail of an upper window sash which is designated by the reference numeral 3. The refer- Other` objects of the invention are to provide Figure 'l is a viewfinvertical transverse sec-` r tion, taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Figence numeral 4 designates a portion of a window frame of conventional construction in which the sash 3 is slidable. i

The brackets 1 are preferably of sheet metalV and formed integrally with the upper edge ofc() each bracket is an out-turned, horizontal flange 5 having a longitudinal slot`6 therein. Thereference numeral 7 designates telescopic sections which are mounted for adjustment on the brackets 1. To this end, clamps which are designated generally` by the reference numeral 8 are provided. The clamps S'are formed from a single length of at, resilient metal having an intermediate portion bentor formed to `provide an elongated loop or eye 9 for `thereeeption of the 70 sections '7.V Each clamp 8 further includes arms` l l0 extending from the. ends of the-loop 9 above and belowthe flanges 5'of the brackets 1. The arms l0 are provided with openings in their free end portions for the passage offa clamping bolt 1-1 for frictionally clamping said arms against `the iange 5.V The bolt l1 passes through the slot 6. The slot 6 permits the clamps 8 -to be advjusted inwardly or outwardly on the brackets `1 for adjusting the sections '7 toward or away from- 80 the window'irame 4. The arms 10,of the clamps 8 normally diverge toward their freeends. Thus, when said arms are drawn toward each other into clamping engagement with the flange 5 of the.`

i bracket 1,V the loop or eye 9 is contracted in a' 85 manner to grip or clamp the adjacent section f "7. In other words, the ends of the loop or eye `9 are normally somewhat spread, in which position the arms 10 project in diverging relation and when said arms are drawn toward each other similar movement is imparted to the end portions of the loop or eye. This construction permitsthe .section 'Zito conveniently be frictionallyV clamped in adjusted position.

Shade roller supporting brackets l2 are strucli"9 out from the outer portions of the telescopic sections '7, said brackets 12 being of conventional construction. Also struck out from the telescopic `sections 7 between the vbrackets 12 and the outer ends of said sections are curtain rod supportingf'l hooks or elements r13.

`The construction and arrangement which has been provided isrsuch that the sections '7, while being mounted on the sash 3 for vertical movement therewith, are disposed outwardly of the window frame 4 and, as hereinbefore stated, said sections may be adjusted inwardly or outwardly on the brackets l through themedium of the `clamps 8. Further, thesections may be conveniently adjusted longitudinally relative to each" other for various Widths of Windows or for other purposes and conveniently secured in adjusted position when the clamps 8 are secured to the brackets 1.

It is believed that the many advantages of a combined shade and curtain holder constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What is claimed iszs A fixture of the character described comprising brackets, longitudinally slotted flanges provjecting from the brackets, a pair of telescopic curtain pole sections, and clamps adjustably securing the sections on the brackets, each of said clamps being formed from a single length of resilient metal and including a split loop encircling a section, the clamps further including normally diverging arms extending from the ends of the loops on opposite sides of the bracket flanges, and means extending through the arms of said clamps and the slots in said bracket flanges for adjustably clamping the arms to the bracket flanges.

FELIX P. LINDSAY. ALEXANDER C. LINDSAY. 

